Jeff's Musings

 This mornings session is on how to engage business leaders in the mission of your church and the PEACE plan.  We had a couple of great afternoon sessions that I will write about later.  BTW – it is a beautiful day in California!...

I am writing this while this panel is discussing the PEACE plan.  On the panel which is moderated by Tom Holiday are Mark Beeson, Jimmie Davidson,  Brian Crute, Dave Gibbons and Dave Holden. They are each sharing how their church is engaging on a global basis. Brian Crute stated that his...

The Christian Band Philips, Craig and Dean started off the day singing their hit song, You Grace Is Amazing to set the tone for the conference. Rick Warren focused on Personal Renewal from 2 Corinthians 4. Rick stated that there are seven secrets of staying power as seen in the life of Paul. 1....

Today was the first day of the PD Community Gathering.  Rick Muchow, the Worship Pastor at Saddleback invited Patrick Jesberger and I back to the Green Room at Saddleback for lunch. We got to chat with Rick and some other folks I know at Saddleback.  While there Rick Warren came in to ge...

I am writing today from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. Myself and Patrick Jesberger from Bridge Church are attending the “secret” meeting at Saddleback. Rick Warren invited me a couple of weeks ago to attend this conference and bring someone from our church. This conference will f...

Louie is one of the most dynamic speakers around. Here is a great video that you must watch. I have several friends who are science teachers that are followers of Christ and almost get sick by what they have to teach. They need our prayers. Is creation vs. evolution one of the battles worth dying [&...

Today begins the second week of our Faith In Action Campaign at Bridge Church. To find out more about this campaign go to www.thebridge4u.net and click the big orange FIA logo. We are gearing up to May 18th when we cancel our worship gathering and go into the community and do service projects....

Believe it or not, it has been fourteen years since we have taken an official family vacation. That was in 1994! That year Julie, Sarah and I(Emily was too young) went to Alaska in September, then in December we all went to Disney World. Since then we usually head back to Tennessee and Alabama each ...

It is always busy when you come back from being away for a week and this week has been no different! playing catch up with email, we are in the middle of a Faith In Action campaign, meetings, and phone calls. Today is study day for Sunday. Truthfully, I love it! Being in ministry is […]...

After returning from Orlando to attend the Exponential Conference for the second year in a row, I am finally starting to catch my breath. As you may or may not know, I have had the opportunity to launch /help launch three churches over the past several years. The latest of those, Bridge Church is 15...